. New England bird life: being a manual of New England ornithology; . ent, ; wing, ; tarsus, Chiefly a migrant, and rather rare. It, however,breeds in Maine, according to Mr. Boardman (Am. Nat.,V, 1871, p. 662). It is very frequently offered for sale ascanvas-back, but there should be no difficulty in dis-criminating the two species by the shape of the bill andthe color of the head. 3l6 ANATIDiE : SWANS, GEESE, AND DUCKS. CANVAS-BACK DUCK. FULIGULA VALLISNERIA {WHs.) Steph. Chars. Resembling the Red-head, but easily distinguished by thebill and head. Bill blackish, high a
. New England bird life: being a manual of New England ornithology; . ent, ; wing, ; tarsus, Chiefly a migrant, and rather rare. It, however,breeds in Maine, according to Mr. Boardman (Am. Nat.,V, 1871, p. 662). It is very frequently offered for sale ascanvas-back, but there should be no difficulty in dis-criminating the two species by the shape of the bill andthe color of the head. 3l6 ANATIDiE : SWANS, GEESE, AND DUCKS. CANVAS-BACK DUCK. FULIGULA VALLISNERIA {WHs.) Steph. Chars. Resembling the Red-head, but easily distinguished by thebill and head. Bill blackish, high at the base and narrowthroughout, not shorter than head, 2. 50 inches long or more, thenostrils at its middle ; head much obscured with dusky; blackwaved lines of the back sparse and much broken up into dots,the whitish thus predominating. North America, especiallyabundant along the middle Atlantic Coast in winter, where fromfeeding on the wild celery {Vallisnerid) its flesh acquires apeculiar flavor, though it is not particularly excellent under Fig. 67. — Canvas-back Duck. Occurring with the last, under the same circum-stances. Though its breeding with us has not beendetermined, so far as we know, the bird will probablyyet be found nesting in the swamps of Maine. In theWest, it is known to breed within the limits of theUnited States, as for example on the Turtle Mountain,in Dakota, where Dr. Coues found it nesting in 1873. CLANGULA GLAUCIUM : GOLDEN-EYED DUCK. 31/ GOLDEN-EYED DUCK; WHISTLER. Clangula GLAUCIUM (Z.) BreJiiu. Chars. Male : with the head puflfy, dark-colored, iridescent, withlarge white patches ; lower neck all around, under parts, includ-ing sides, most of the scapulars, wing-coverts and secondaries,white ; lining of wings and axillars dark; most of upper partsblack ; no waving on back and sides. Female with the head lesspuffy, brown or dark gray, with traces of the white patches, ornot; somewhat less white on the wings ; fore breast and si
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